as much as ever, the sense
of assured victory brought the change in her spirit.

Sometimes worry is fretting over past mistakes; it is chafing about what
we do not understand, or about plans of _ours_ that have failed. A good
deal of worry comes from pride and over-sensitiveness. The roots here, it
will be noticed, of all alike are down in our own failures, our own
selves. And there would be cause for more worry if we had only ourselves.
But we have _a Father_.

A very great deal of worry is wholly due to physical causes. Overworked
nerves always see things distorted. Huge phantom shapes loom up before us.
Overwork always makes a sensitive spirit worry, and worry usually makes us
overwork until we drop from exhaustion. When the cause is here, there are
some simple _human_ helps. Some--a good bit--of _God's_ fresh air will
work wonders. Even good people seem unchangeably opposed to _God's_ air,
and insist on breathing old, worn-out, used-up second-hand air. God would
be greatly glorified if housekeepers and church sextons were given a
practical course in the use of fresh air, God's air. With that should be
simple food, and simple dress, and abundant sleep, and simple standards of
life.

Worry is utterly _useless_. It never serves a good purpose. It brings no
good results. "Which of you can by being anxious add a single span to the
measure of his life?" Jesus asks in that sixth of Matthew. But much more
can be said. _It brings bad results_. The revision brings out the clear,
simple meaning of the Thirty-seventh Psalm, eighth verse. The old version
seems a bit puzzling, "Fret not thyself in anywise to do evil." The
revision reads, "Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil doing." The
results of worrying are always bad. The judgment is impaired. One cannot
think so clearly nor see so clearly. The temper is ruffled. The door is
quickly opened to worse things.

It is _sinful_ to worry. For the Master repeatedly commands us, "Be _not_
anxious." It helps to get a habit labeled correctly. Here to tack on
"sinful" in block letters, black ink, white paper, so as to get greatest
contrast is a decided help. And worrying is a reproach upon Jesus. Let the
Gentiles, the outsiders, the people who have not taken Jesus into their
lives, let them worry if they _will_. But _we_ must not. For we have
_Jesus_. Let these who leave Him out grow crow-toes, and deeply-bitten
wrinkles, and turkey-foot markings. Without Him how can they help